| Neecha Nagar | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Chetan Anand |
| Produced by | India Pictures |
| Written by | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Hayatullah Ansari |
| Starring | Kamini Kaushal Uma Anand |
| Music by | Ravi Shankar |
| Cinematography | Bidyapati Ghosh |
| Release date(s) | 1946 |
| Running time | 122 min. Chetan Anand ( Hindi: चेतन आनंद ( January 3, 1915 - July 6, 1997) was an acclaimed Hindi film Khwaja Ahmad Abbas ( Hindi: ख़्वाजा अहमद अब्बास ( June 7, 1914 &ndash June 1, 1987) popularly Kamini Kaushal (born 1927 is an Hindi film and television actress most noted for her roles in films like Neecha Nagar (1946 which won the 1946 Palme Pandit Ravi Shankar ( রবি শংকর Devanagari: रविशंकर "Pandit" ( Sanskrit, "learned" is honorific born April |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| IMDb profile | |
Neecha Nagar, (Lowly City in English), is a 1946 Hindi film directed by Chetan Anand. Hindi ( Devanāgarī: hi [[wiktहिन्दी हिन्दी]] or hi [[wiktहिंदी हिंदी]] IAST:, IPA:) is The year 1946 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Bollywood (बॉलीवूड بالی وڈ is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai -based Hindi-language Film industry in India Chetan Anand ( Hindi: चेतन आनंद ( January 3, 1915 - July 6, 1997) was an acclaimed Hindi film
Written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, this film was a pioneering effort in social realism in Hindi cinema, and paved way for many such films by other directors and many of them written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. Khwaja Ahmad Abbas ( Hindi: ख़्वाजा अहमद अब्बास ( June 7, 1914 &ndash June 1, 1987) popularly Socialist realism is a teleologically -oriented style of realistic art which has as its purpose the furtherance of the goals of Socialism and Communism Bollywood (बॉलीवूड بالی وڈ is the informal term popularly used for the Mumbai -based Hindi-language Film industry in India
It became the first Indian film to gain western recognition, after it won the the Palme d'Or (Best Film) award, then known as 'Grand Prix', at the Cannes Film Festival in 1946 [1]. The Palme d'Or ( English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
It was based on a Hindi story, Neecha Nagar, written by Hayatulla Ansari, which in turn was inspired by Russian writer, Maxim Gorky’s ‘Lower Depths' and it took an expressionist look at the gulf between the rich and poor in the society [2][3]. Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov ( In Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в ( &ndash June 18, 1936) better known as Maxim Gorky (Максим The Lower Depths (На дне is perhaps Maxim Gorky 's best-known play
It starred Chetan Anand's wife, Uma Anand, Rafiq Ahmed, Kamini Kaushal, and Zohra Sehgal. Kamini Kaushal (born 1927 is an Hindi film and television actress most noted for her roles in films like Neecha Nagar (1946 which won the 1946 Palme Zohra Sehgal (born 27 April 1912, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, British India) is an Indian actress
The film is the debut film of actress Kamini Kaushal and for Ravi Shankar as a music director. Kamini Kaushal (born 1927 is an Hindi film and television actress most noted for her roles in films like Neecha Nagar (1946 which won the 1946 Palme Pandit Ravi Shankar ( রবি শংকর Devanagari: रविशंकर "Pandit" ( Sanskrit, "learned" is honorific born April
Awards
Palme d'Or, Cannes Film Festival in 1946
References
- ^ Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (1939-54)
- ^ History will never forget Chetan Anand June 13, 2007. The Palme d'Or ( English: Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded to competing films at the Cannes Film Festival. The Cannes Film Festival (le Festival de Cannes founded in 1946 is one of the world's oldest most influential and prestigious Film festivals alongside Venice, Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ Maker of innovative, meaningful movies The Hindu, June 15, 2007. The Hindu is a single-edition English-language Indian newspaper Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- Neecha Nagar at NY Times
- Remembering Chetan Anand and Neecha Nagar, Hindustan Times, 29 September, 2007
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